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From: rks@kurki.tut.fi (Kurki-Suonio Reino)
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
Subject: Re: Why concurrency in real-time systems design?
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Date: 2 Mar 90 10:31:51 GMT
References: <1990Mar1.152922.1005@axion.bt.co.uk>
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In article <1990Mar1.152922.1005@axion.bt.co.uk> rdoyle@axion.bt.co.uk (Number Six) writes:
>
> Can anyone give me any ideas/references on why you need
>to use concurrent tasks in the design of real-time systems?

Concurrency is inherent in reactive systems  -  real-time or not,
implemented on single or multiple processors, and irrespective of
efficiency considerations  -  since the environment works concurrently 
with the reactive system itself.

Reino Kurki-Suonio